Open AccessBlogging as Popular History Making, Blogs as Public History: The Singapore Case Study
Author(s) -
Stephanie Ho
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
public history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1833-4989
pISSN - 1037-9851
DOI - 10.5130/phrj.v14i0.503
Subject(s) - public history , citizen journalism , public sphere , the internet , media studies , phenomenon , history , sociology , public relations , political science , world wide web , law , computer science , politics , physics , quantum mechanics
Blogging is a twenty-first century phenomenon that has heralded an age where ordinary people can make their voices heard in the public sphere of the Internet. This article explores blogging as a form of popular history making; the blog as a public history document; and how blogging is transforming the nature of public history and practice of history making in Singapore. An analysis of two Singapore ‘historical’ blogs illustrates how blogging is building a foundation for a more participatory historical society in the island nation. At the same time, the case studies also demonstrate the limitations of blogging and blogs in challenging official versions of history